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                       5 Minutes to a Speedier Internet

So I close the lottery window [1] and pop! Another window pops open (WARNING:
do you really want to click on the link below?):

> **Your Internet connection is too slow.**
>
> Go to netsetter _right now_ to speed it up (free).
>
> Click here to fix your connect for free. [2]
>

So I click …

Gee, all they seem to do is either install a browser, or munge the settings
on your current browser to go through their web proxie servers, and send the
content down to your computer compressed. Meanwhile, they collect valuable
browsing data and sell it. Oh, they won't sell your name to anyone, just your
demographics.

[1] gopher://gopher.conman.org/0Phlog:2000/12/18.3
[2] http://mailbits.net/ClickProgram/Grab-Click-Program/redirect/netsetter.asp

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